Coronavirus live news: US records highest daily deaths since April; Obama, Bush and Clinton offer to get vaccines on TV
French ex-president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing has died of Covid-related complications; US suffers highest daily deaths since April; Former US presidents hope to inspire public confidence in vaccineFormer French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing dies aged 94Beware fake coronavirus vaccines, says InterpolRural US hospitals ravaged by surge in casesUS braces for Covid surge after Thanksgiving holidays 8.42am GMT Finland's government said on Thursday it had agreed a national strategy for COVID-19 vaccinations, planning to give them to everyone and to begin with vaccinating selected healthcare staff from January onwards.“Finland's goal is to protect the entire population by offering the vaccine free of charge to all those willing and who don't have a health obstacle,†Minister of Social Affairs and Health Krista Kiuru said, in remarks reported by Reuters. 8.35am GMT In Hungary, a record number of new deaths, 182, was reported on Thursday. The country saw a rapid rise in new cases through November, with one of the sharpest rates of increase in Europe.The country has meanwhile found itself at loggerheads with the EU over its decision to purchase and distribute the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine, which the EU views as needing more evidence before it should be deployed.
